At 8:33, PM 1225 sits on the service track shortly after ashing.

PM 1225 rolls with nearly 60 cars during tests following extensive work.

PM 1225 pulls onto the Owosso turntable in preparation for an afternoon of test runs following almost 6 months of major work and improvements.

GLC 391 is see on D track inside the shops 1/2 way sanded down and ready for its first coat of Primer.

The boiler of 76 is placed on its frame after several years of sitting on ties.... this is just one of the many things being prepared/moved to get ready for trainfest.

A sailor and his daughter watch the train that will take him off to help defend the country during WWII pull into the station. She will cling to the American flag that he leaves with her to rememb... (more)

A young soldier poses for a photo in front of his train before going off to fight in WWII. Although this is just a recreation during a photo special, it helps us remember those who protect our cou... (more)

GMTX 2663 and 2675 pull a loaded grain train from Oakley through the S curve just east of M-52.

A maintainers job is never over, here we see one just after sunset griding away where a bond was broken off by the southbound GLC train and a new one will be put on shortley after this. Taken fro... (more)

While rolling southbound on a GLC freight one day i spotted this Speeder and i finally got around to walk down through the yard and found 3 Speeders from the AA all in extremely bad shape here ... (more)

The afternoon hostler sits in the cab of PM 1225, after rolling it out of the shop building and on to the turntable in a snow storm, so she can start her last weekend of North Pole Express trips,... (more)

Just after lighting the ring of fire, the flames are roaring out before being adjusted down. The ring of fire is used to sweat old tires off of the axle of steam engines and to put the new ones on... (more)

No farming today. All is quiet on this central Michigan farm as Pere Marquette 2-8-4 1225 blasts southward with a time freight in the distance.

Old Glory flys at the elks lodge in Owosso thisdepot was ex-GTW, 5175 shoves hard on the tail end of the coal train after 5086 cut off and cleared up on the GTW, these cars are going to sit south ... (more)

The Ohio from Chesapeake & Ohio starts to show up from under Pere Marquette while sand blasting the tender for a new coat of paint.